13-15 Are you hurting? Pray... Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven—healed inside and out.
16-18 ...pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.
2 Corinthians 1:10-11 NLT
10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. 11 And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety.
Luke 18:1-8 NLT
1 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. 2 “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. 3 A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ 4 The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, 5 but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. 7 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
These are three of my favorite scriptures about prayer and its power. Though I continually forget, God has answered an incredible number of prayers on my behalf over the past year and a half, so many that I could probably write a thousand blogs on the topic. Zack and I just wanted to thank all of you who have been praying for me and ask you to keep checking the prayer requests listed on the right side of my blog. I'm trying to keep the list updated so that 1) you know a little more about what's going on with me medically; and 2) you can pray for those specific needs, because I know God hears and answers us when we pray and believe. Your prayers not only help me medically, but they strengthen me inwardly and help me not to give up :).
Becky, these prayers are so true. I am a very spiritual person myself, and these thoughts and prayers are so helpful. Your aunt Debbie has said she has mentioned me to you as being one of her MAW kids. I also wanted to let you know that I am starting a blog myself, as you inspired me with your blog. I hope you will sign up and become a member and we can keep up with each other's treatments and goings on. My blog is called Alex's Roller Coaster, and the website is: http://www.alexcoaster.blogspot.com I hope you check it out and keep up the positive attitude.
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